Eddie Kelliher

[6][7] Alongside a career in sailing, he also became chairman in the O’Connell street branch of the well-known Irish bookstore, Easons, as well as becoming the president of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce.

[8][3] He later died at 98 years of age, with his funeral taking place in Dun Laoghaire, where he spent much of his adult life.

[2][1] He grew up alongside his sister Sue McKenna (Nee Kelliher) before moving to Dublin as a teenager.

The property, which was built by its previous owner, William H. McCowen in 1882, is a detached five-bay three-storey house featuring an on-site tennis court;[15] an addition that was laid out by the Kelliher family.

[16] Prior to the family moving to Listowel, Eddie met Doreen (née O’Sullivan), a Valentia native, in 1940, whom he would eventually marry five years later on 16 August 1945.

The couple had three sons, Desmond, Malcolm and St John; and six daughters; Christine, Laura, Brenda, Judith, Felicity and Genevieve.

[1] One of his granddaughters, Daisy Kelliher, has been a cast member on the TV series Below Deck Sailing Yacht since season 2.

[8][17] After moving to Dublin in 1952, Kelliher joined the Royal Irish Yacht Club in Dun Laoghaire as a member in 1954.

The boat suffered many breakages at this event, including a broken kicker strap and parted spinnaker halyard, however Kelliher's results prior to this aided his selection to go to the Olympics.

[19][20] In the lead up to the Olympics, Kelliher continued to sail as a member in the Royal Irish Yacht Club.

[23][24] He was helmsman in the mixed three person dragon keelboat category with Harry Maguire and Robert Dalton.

The issues he tackles were related to wildcat strikes which involved fines on trade unions and reductions in certain activities that were important to the nation's economy.

Many of the decisions he made resulted in headlines regarding the abolition of the state monopolies and for Ireland's social welfare system to be simplified.